Weaponization of the teachers’ unions is a National Defense issue- a big issue. All the marching and protesting in support of socialism comes from our educators.
Now, I don’t want to blame teachers, but they are not standing up to the Union demands and the brainwashing of our young. The Unions have become political activists at the cost of our children’s education, and that needs to stop. Teachers are not the moms of these kids, yet they try to take over that role and hide information from the parents. That should be criminal, but it is not.
Teachers Unions lost their way and gained too much power as all of us, including me, let them get away with it. Power needs to go back to the parents, not a school board of socialists who could care less about parents’ demands. We need to take our schools back if we can, but the Unions are powerful and funded by the teachers. Something is wrong with this. All IMO.
“New York spends more per student than any state in the nation.
Yet fewer than half off of its third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students scored proficiently on the English Language Arts exam, according to the preliminary data released this week.
Just 43% of third-graders, 48% of fourth-graders and 43% of fifth-graders scored proficient in ELA. The biggest drop was seen in fifth grade, a 14-point decrease from the 2024-25 school year. Third-graders showed an 11-point drop.
This is what happens when teacher unions get their way. Standards are lowered. No consequences for bad schools or bad instructors.
And our children? Failed by a system that doesn’t care.
As of 2019, state test scores would no longer play a role in teacher evaluations. By 2024, nor would any measure of whether students learned at all.
The state’s education department promised these changes would bring “reflection and goal-setting,” “collaboration among educators” and “personalized professional learning opportunities.”
Nowhere was there mention of students learning.
And of course, both were union victories”